Twitter has exploded with architecture tweets over the past week! A little overwhelming, especially as they mention topics relevant to my project as well! Today's topic (Day 7) is Sustainability. There was an interesting article reposted by the AIA earlier, and further backs up my point of how architects and architecture are the epitome of collaboration, wielding the power to either heal or destroy a society.
In the article "Three battle plans in the resilience war" written by Steve Cimino (article), he discusses how our world environment is inevitably changing. Meaning, both built and natural, one affecting the other in a cycle. This brings up the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) program, which basically is the effort to help make cities around the world more resilient to world problems (economic, social, physical).
Especially in the topic of natural occurrences (article talked about rising sea levels), the purpose now for the architects is to design a solution that will aid future lifestyle and living, with the imposed safety threats.
The benefits about having a widespread, collaborative program like 100RC, is that it garners much more publicity and thus awareness to the cause. Therefore garners much more involvement for the community.
A link to a video was also included, this being on Day 6's topic: communities. Shown below.
The above video highlights how architecture is truly for the people. In a literal sense for this particular firm in Alabama, the people and the architects collaborate and work together to build up their physical community. Frances Sullivan (former postmistress) from the video, states: "Architecture has the potential to be the solution." She continues on to say that even if it may not be the complete solution, "it can be the catalyst", and that "it is the people in the end that make a difference."
Architecture: for the people, by the people.
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